Method and system for storing items using a portable closet

A method for storing by a service provider, in a remote storage facility, a portable container, comprising a plurality of items of a customer, said method comprising:

• said service provider delivering an empty portable container configured to fit through a standard doorway entrance of a customer's site, said portable container comprising wheels for portability and non-collapsible walls;
• said service provider retrieving for storage a packed portable container from said customer's site, wherein said packed portable container is said empty portable container packed by said customer with said plurality of items;
• storing said packed portable container in a remote storage facility;
• responsive to said customer requesting access to said packed portable container, said service provider delivering from said remote storage facility said packed portable container to said customer's site;
• and
• said service provider retrieving for storage said packed portable container having at least one of said plurality of items removed by said customer.

A method for storing a plurality of items of a customer in a portable closet, said customer at a first computer placing an order related to said portable closet to a service provider at a second computer via a communications network, said method comprising:

• configuring an empty portable closet by said first computer;
• scheduling deliver of said configured empty portable closet to inside a customer's site using a standard doorway entrance;
• and
• scheduling retrieval for storage of a packed portable closet from inside said customer's site, wherein said packed portable closet is said configured empty portable closet packed by said customer with said plurality of items.

A method for storing a portable closet by a service provider in a remote storage facility, using a computer system, said method comprising:

• said computer receiving an order by said customer for said portable closet, said order comprising configuration information, said portable closet comprising a clothes hanger bar, wheels, and non-collapsible walls;
• assigning an identifier associated with said portable closet;
• labeling said portable closet with at least said identifier;
• responsive to a request for delivery of said portable closet to said customer's premises, sending graphical information for a deliver calendar comprising available and unavailable times for delivery of said portable closet;
• after said customer selects an available time for delivery from said deliver calendar, adding said identifier to a delivery queue, said delivery queue stored in memory;
• delivering said portable closet to said customer's premises;
• and
• responsive to a request for pickup of said portable closet, retrieving and storing said portable closet in said remote storage facility.

A method, using a computer, for storing by a service provider, in a remote storage facility, a plurality of portable closets, a portable closet of said plurality of portable closets comprising an item of a customer, said method comprising:

• receiving said portable closet at said remote storage facility;
• finding an empty storage location element in a storage array, said storage array, comprising a three dimensional array having elements for empty and occupied storage locations in said remote storage facility for said plurality of portable closets, said elements stored in a memory of said computer;
• assigning an identifier associated with said portable closet to said found empty storage location element in said storage array;
• and
• storing said portable closet in a storage location associated with said found empty storage location element.

A system for storing a plurality of portable closets in a storage facility comprising:

• a plurality of structures, each structure of said plurality of structures positioned generally perpendicular to the floor of said storage facility and parallel to at least one other structure of said plurality of structures;
• a track in said storage facility for moving said plurality of structures, wherein each structure of said plurality of structures is mounted on said track via at least one wheel;
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• a plurality of storage locations in each structure of said plurality of structures, wherein a storage location of said plurality of storage locations holds a portable storage closet of said plurality of portable closets.